• wombat [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    the US is the only country in the world whose constitution permits slavery

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Politifact rates this as Pants on Fire, per an article punched up by an unpaid intern.

    • shiny [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      do Liberia et al not have constitutions? or just permit constitution-breaking

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        It is possible for a constitution to simply not mention it and let the legislature hash it out (like the US constitution did prior to the Civil War), rather than granting explicit permission to do slavery under explicit circumstances (like the US constitution after the Civil War).

        It is also possible that the dominant social forces simply don't give a shit what some piece of paper says.

        • shiny [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          ah, I didn't read as "only country that explicitly permits slavery"